Is it important to have all graduate school prereqs before sending in the application?

Graduate School
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I’m planning out my schedule for the next two years (I’m going to be junior in college) and will be applying to biology programs fall of 2016. I still have to take the second semester of physics that is required by most of the schools I’ll apply to, as well as a second semester of Calc. Ignoring the difficulty involved in taking semesters off from subjects, is it a bad idea to take these classes in the last semester of my senior year, where graduate schools will not see them on my transcript? Does it look better if I take them so that they are present on the application that I send in December/January?

Thanks!

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I would say that you should probably try to fit them in first semester so they show up on your transcript as being currently enrolled even if a final grade isn’t present.

3

Yes it’s a bad idea. Try to do them in order – you’ll get better grades and that’s important for your grad school application

4

By waiting until the last year for courses which are usually taken in the first or second year, you are sending a bad message about your confidence level. Take the courses as soon as possible.